xix, 451 pages : 24 cm

Trauma and the Therapist explores the role and experience of the therapist in the therapeutic relationship by examining countertransference (the therapist's response to the client) and vicarious traumatization (the therapist's response to the stories of abuse told by client after client). Therapists' awareness of attunement to these processes will inform their therapeutic interventions, enrich their work, and protect themselves and their clients

The authors also offer many strategies for avoiding the countertransference vicarious traumatization cycle. While the topic is specific, the authors' approach is broad, drawing from and synthesizing the diverse literature on countertransference and trauma theory. Utilizing the sophistication of psychoanalytic theory and the specificity of contemporary trauma theory, Pearlman and Saakvitne present their approach clearly and compellingly

This book will help all therapists treating incest survivors feel less isolated and traumatized by their work, and give them a renewed appreciation of its rewards

"A Norton professional book"

Includes bibliographical references (p. 413-434) and index

1. The Therapeutic Relationship as the Context for Countertransference and Vicarious Traumatization -- 2. Psychoanalytic Theory and Psychological Trauma: Historical and Critical Review -- 3. Constructivist Self Development Theory and Trauma Therapy -- 4. Countertransference Responses to Incest -- 5. Countertransference Responses to Common Transference Themes with Incest Survivor Clients -- 6. Countertransference Responses to Dissociative Processes in Psychotherapy -- 7. The Influence of Countertransference on Therapeutic Frame and Boundaries -- 8. Countertransference Themes for Survivor Therapists -- 9. The Role of Gender in Transference and Countertransference -- 10. Therapeutic Impasses with Survivor Clients -- 11. Cotherapists' Countertransference in Group Therapy with Incest Survivors -- 12. Double Jeopardy: Countertransference with Clients Sexually Abused by Previous Therapists -- 13. Vicarious Traumatization: How Trauma Therapy Affects the Therapist

14. What Contributes to Vicarious Traumatization? -- 15. The Countertransference-Vicarious Traumatization Cycle -- 16. Countertransference and Vicarious Traumatization Across the Therapist's Professional Development -- 17. Supervision and Consultation for Trauma Therapies -- 18. Addressing Vicarious Traumatization -- 19. The Rewards of Doing Trauma Therapy

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